Technology and Operations Management

To better understand and respond to the challenges confronting firms competing in today’s increasingly global and connected society, the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Area has broadened its focus to encompass the creation, design and operation of firms and their supply chains and networks, and the development and delivery of new technologies, products and services.

Consequently, the TOM Area includes faculty members who are active researchers and educators on topics such as sustainability, operations management, entrepreneurship, new ventures, innovation and R&D management, game theory, auction analysis, decision making and collaboration networks. With this range of expertise, TOM faculty are committed to generating, synthesizing, and disseminating knowledge on the formation and management of sustainable firms, processes and technologies.

McCarthy, Ian: Fulbright New Century Scholar Regional Workshop: Study of the university research parks, incubators, and associated technology transfer programs run by the Genesis Institute, BIO-RIO and the Technology Park of Rio de Janeiro (2010)

Cohen, Boyd: United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship - Journal of Small Business Strategy - Editor’s Choice Award - 2005 USASBE Conference: Stakeholder theory and the entrepreneurial firm (2006)

Research Papers

Li, Jessica, Amlani, Ahmed & Bertels, Stephanie (2014). A Getting Started Toolkit for exploration and development companies.Network for Business Sustainability. Available online at: Community Engagement Guide

Jula, Payman & Kones, Ishai (2013). Continuous-time algorithms for scheduling a single machine with sequence-dependent setup times and time window constraints in coordinated chains.International Journal of Production Research 51.12: 3654-3670. doi: 10.1080/00207543.2012.757666

Robert C. Leachman & Payman Jula (2012). Estimating flow times for containerized imports from Asia to the United States through the Western rail network.Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 48.1: 296-309. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.07.002

Subramanian, R., Talbot, B. & Gupta, S. (2010). An approach to integrating environmental considerations within managerial decision-making. This article is being featured in a marketing campaign for the Journal of Industrial Ecology 14.3: 378-398.